The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board
Paper No. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte EMIL SIMMLER
and THOMAS SIMMLER
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Appeal No. 1998-1754
Application 08/555,918
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HEARD: APRIL 24, 2001
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-11. Claims
1, 7, and 11 are representative of the subject matter on appeal, and are reproduced in the
attached appendix.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Dales 2,295,030 Sept. 8, 1942
Keskkula et al. (Keskkula) 3,165,434 Jan. 12, 1965
Henry et al. (Henry) 3,770,572 Nov. 6, 1973
Hadgraft et al. (Hadgraft) 3,779,857 Dec. 18, 1973
Kunishige et al. (Kunishige) 4,750,963 June 14, 1988
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